Hinge



M. RAINVILLE April 19, 1938.

HINGE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 5, 1937 Inventor M. Rain wJZZ B. gdafih Attorneys April 19, 1938. M; RAINVILLEU HINGE Filed Feb. 5, 1937 2Sheets-Sheet 2 lnvenior m w .n m F M pwm Attorneys Patented Apr. 19,1938 UNITED STATES PATENT 7 OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a hinge for doors and the like and hasfor its primary object to provide a hinge whereby only one is necessaryto mount a door or the like.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provisionof a hinge which is easily and quickly assembled and disassembled.

A still further important object of the invention resides in theprovision of a hinge of this nature which is comparatively inexpensiveto manufacture, strong and durable, thoroughly efficient and reliable inuse and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as willhereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view through a stationary andswingable member showing the hinge in top plan.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the hinge.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken through a portion of the hinge.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a detail view of the ball.

Letter A denotes the stationary member and letter B a swingable member.Letter C denotes generally the hinge.

The hinge comprises a pair of plates 5 and 6 the former secured to thestationary member A and the latter secured to the swingable member B.The plate 5 is provided with a pair of spaced arms l-l having upwardlyfacing sockets 8-8 of a semi-spherical formation. On the plate 6 thereare apair of arms 99 terminating in downwardly facing semi-sphericalsockets. Balls Il--ll are mounted in the sockets 8--8 and the sockets10-40 rest on the balls I|-H. The sockets 8-8 and Ill-l are secured tothe balls H-ll by means of screws l2.

With this construction it Will be seen that a door or the like maybemounted just using one hinge and will swing easily because of the balls.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantage ofthe invention will be now clearly understood without a more detaileddescription thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described inconsiderable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since inactual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

In a hinge for securing a door to a side stile of a door frame, a pairof elongated complemental plates adapted for attachment to the face ofthe door and stile, respectively, adjacent to opposed edges thereof inside-by-side relation 20 and extending longitudinally of said door andstile, each plate embodying a pair of vertically spaced arms curvingtoward the contiguous edges of said plates and terminating in a pair ofsemispherical sockets, the pairs of sockets opening in oppositedirections, respectively, to form upper and lower pairs mating insuperposed relation, the arms of each pair of mating sockets extendingtherefrom obliquely upwardly and downwardiy, respectively, to embracethe same against stress and strain resulting from the weight of the doorand forming at their junctures with said sockets reinforcing portions ofincreased thickness around the centers of said sockets, a ballinterposed between each pair of mating sockets and snugly fittingtherein, and a pair of studs passing through the reinforcing portions ofeach mating pair of sockets in the axis of the related ball, said studsbeing threaded into the ball and pivoting in said portions whereby saidsockets and balls are relatively rotatable.

MAURICE RAINVILLE.

